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Benedicto Ruiz Vs. Segundo Dalio 045 Phil 523

BENEDICTO RUIZ, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SEGUNDO DALIO, SOFIA ZALAZAR, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, and Honorable SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 20955 | 1923-12-13

D E C I S I O N


JOHNS, J .:

It is admitted that the lands in question are public lands, and that an investigation of the conflicting claims was made by the Bureau of Lands, of which all parties in interest were duly notified; that they appeared with their attorneys and then there submitted evidence pro and con to sustain their respective claims; that on November 21, 1918, and as a final result of the hearing, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources rendered his decision to the effect that the lease was null and void, and that it should be cancelled.

The Government contends that the courts do not have any jurisdiction over...